Thursday, December 11, 2014

Hello again! For our December Blog Hop, the Remarkables chose the theme, Tie One On. I took to this topic quite liberally, and not in libations, but in creations!

So, as you may know, we moved this summer. But what you may not know is that during the moving process we packed up a bunch of stuff at the end of March and put it in storage. We originally thought we'd be moved in my the end of November or early December. So if you we're packing things up way back in the Spring, what might you put away? Your Christmas decorations!!! Ahhh! I have no Christmas decorations! Fortunately, the tree was stored at my parents and I was able to get it. So what does a crafty yogi do?? She breathes and reminds herself that this too shall pass, and then she gets to creating!

Then, I looked around at my messy crafting area and was like "I must do something with all these trees!" I present (ha ha!) to you some gift tags!

Next I needed something pretty to decorate the shelves and I saw something like this on Pinterest and look what I made!!

These trees feature the typeset specialty DSP cut into 1 1/2 x 6 inch strips, then cut with our fringe scissors, then you curl the pieces around a pencil. Attach to your foam cone with straight pins. Cut the paper to smaller lengths as you go. Top with a pretty bow.

I hope that you have enjoyed seeing how I decorated this year!

And just as a teaser, as our crafting ideas turn away from all things Christmas, you'll find me here, looking for new ideas!

Thursday, November 13, 2014

My "Give Thanks" ideas start with a Thanksgiving card. I made a bunch of these as my family is far away. The cards will be going to California, Utah, Colorado, Virginia and North Carolina. I'm still in love with the Fall Fest stamp set and matching framelits, and the 14/15 in colors, so both are featured here. Can you guess what stamp is in the background?? (It's in the Everything Elenor set)

My second project features a gift pack of 4 winter thank you notecards. Give this to someone and they can "Give Thanks" for all the awesome gifts and meals they recieve.

This project uses the snowflakes from the Many Merry Stars stamp set (from the holiday supplement) and the Another Thank You stamp set. Colors are Pool Party, Soft Sky, Real Red, and Silver. The ribbon is retired, but any maching ribbon will work.

Here are the notecards inside:

And here is a super quick how to for the folder:

Cut CS 9 X5 3/4, score at 4 1/4 from each end. With some of the leftover, you'll make the pouch for the inside.

The CS is cut to 5 X 2 3/4, scored at 4 3/4 and 4 1/4 from each side. The bottom is scored at 2 1/2 and 2 1/4. Use your bone folder to crease all your score lines. Then cut out the outside 3 blocks on each side. Use sticky strip or tombo to stick the pouch to the folder. Cut your ribbon to 20 inches and put on with glue dots. Someone will give thanks to you and to others with this gift!!

Thursday, October 9, 2014

I was pretty excited that the Remarkables Blog Hop theme was winter holidays this month, as I was preparing for some of my Manassas stampin' friends to come up to my new place in Frederick to make Christmas cards. I am so happy they made the drive as I haven't quite gotten things going here with classes yet.

Now I can share with you the cards we made. Most were inspired by things I saw on Pinterest and the Stampin' Up! holiday catalog. This catalog, I can say it no other way is Amazing! So here we go!

I saw lots of variations on this one, but I was mostly inspired by Michelle Suit's version. This set, White Christmas is all kinds of fun and can let you color your little heart out.

This one is one of my favorites. The stamp set is called Ornamental Pine. Here I went with Lost Lagoon and Cherry Cobbler. The key I found was to stamp off the pine bough once before stamping it on the card stock in Lost Lagoon ink, which helped when you got to the versmark and the embossing. For the snow, I used one of the very versatile stamps from Gorgeous Grunge!

Card number three also has white embossing. It features the Bright and Beautiful stamp set.

But I want to showcase how it was very sweet and simple and then I stepped it up a notch. As you can see above, some Crumb Cake card stock, three stamped and embossed stars cut out with our stars framelits (attached with dimensionals) and some pretty real red ribbon. The greeting is from the Good Greetings hostess set,(available free with a $300 purchase until 10/31). I really liked the card, but then my creative juices started flowing...

Look what a little dry embossing to the background layer can do!! And look even closer, do you see glitter?

Here's a closer look.

This set is called Festival of Trees and there is a tree punch available
to make it easy to cut out the trees. I used some gold encore ink to
enhance the super awesome gold satin ribbon.

And finally, a very quick and simple take on the amazing stamp set called Wondrous Wreath, there are coordinating framelits with this set and wow have I seen some amazing ideas, but I wanted to keep this last card super easy.

So, I hope that I have inspired you. Any questions, let me know! For more inspiration, click here: Maria Pane's Blog

Friday, September 19, 2014

Sometimes a stamp set is just so versatile and fun that you are just drawn to use it again and again. My family and friends have many birthdays in September, so my card making was on overdrive. I had seen so many wonderful ideas on Pinterest with this stamp set, I just had to get to using it!

First I'm going to show you my cards and my totally awesome banners that I made for two of my nieces. Emily turned 10 at the end of August, and my sweet little Brooke will be seven this weekend!

Emily's card

And the inside (I put something similar for each card inside, but I forgot to take photos, but you get the idea).

And here is her matching banner!

I did use the retired letter dies, but the new one in the Stampin' Up! catalog would work just fine. Here is my set for Brooke:

Same, yet different, yes?

And her banner:

Here's a close up, this stamp set is just so amazing, you can do so much with it!!

Here are the cards I did for the adult women with September birthdays:

Anyhoo, lots of fun! Let me know what you think and if you have any questions/need more details. And of course if you need to order some of our awesome Stampin' Up! supplies.

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Short and quick today. I wanted to share my card for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I made this cute little card to send to my niece (OK, really her parents) for her very first birthday. I just love birthdays, how special they make kids feel is so awesome.

The card features Hello Honey and Crisp Cantaloupe card stock and inks. The stamp sets are Sketched Birthday and Zoo Review.

Thursday, September 11, 2014

I'm sure it might be so terribly commercial, but I love the change of seasons. I like going to the store and seeing all the cute Halloween and Fall things this time of year. I try not to buy very much, especially that the last few years I haven't even put decorative things out!! However, I did come home from Khol's last week with three Halloween hand towels, and they're washed and waiting another week or so to appear in the bathroom. And I did handle a bag of candy corn, but I had to put it back! I only allow myself to buy ONE bag at the beginning of October and when it's gone, it's gone!

Okay, I'm sure you came here to see my scary fun projects! All my cards feature the Holiday Home stamp set and the matching framelits--buy the bundle and save 15%, woohoo! I originally bought this set thinking of Christmas cards and because the tall house looks like the house we're having built. But, can you say "Fall Fest stamp set on backorder?" So I dove on in after a few laps around Pinterest!

And WOW! and I am pretty happy with what came out! The colors for all the cards are: Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Elegant Eggplant,Early Expresso, Smoky Slate and Basic Gray.

I call this one the Halloween Sampler Card. I just love all the little bits of iconic Halloween images. Especially that teeny tiny spider!

Here's the Spooky House Card. Isn't it cool how I punched out the moon so you can get the yellow from the whole piece of card stock behind?

And just in case you're not into Scary Fun, here is a sweet little card featuring a fall tree and falling leaves. The greeting is from the Good Greetings Hostess Set (FREE with a $300 workshop).

Well, I certainly hoped that you enjoyed your visit here at the crafty yogi! For more inspiration, click the links below.

Thursday, August 14, 2014

It's that inspirational time again! For our blog hop this month, the theme is new beginnings. And not much could be "newer" than a new baby! So my card today is a congratulations on your new baby card.

This card features card stock in smoky slate, pear pizzaz, and pool party. I used the Big News stamp set and the Itty Bitty Baby set. And I am still in love with that banner punch!! I used Blendabilities to color the baby face and the duck. You definately want to have your stamp a ma jig handy to put the images neatly into the banners. Check out a close up of that cute little baby face.

Thursday, July 10, 2014

The topic for July's Remarkables Blog Hop is Summer Fun. Boy, am I ready for some summer fun. Since April, I have been focused on prepping and selling our home of 14 years, finding a 6 month rental in the neighborhood we're moving to, keeping the boys focused on finishing out the school year well, graduating my oldest son from high school, moving into said rental--doing it all ourselves, with the help of my Dad, settling into the rental, taking care of many of the changes that need to happen when you move, and trying to get things done in regards to the college that my son will be attending in the Fall! Wow! It's quite a lot when you list it all out like that. I am ready for some summer fun! And fortunately, we go on a beach vacation next week!

Crafting wise, I was a bit stumped on Summer fun at first. So I decided to keep it simple with a few cards. Then I thought of the bike rides we would be doing next week, and I was like, "we have a stamp for that!" This stamp is in a really cool hostess set called Life's Adventure, that you can purchase for $10 with a $150 purchase. I love all the stamps in the set, so you'll probably be seeing more from it in the future.

This card features some summery colors, Costal Cabana and Crushed Curry, and the bike is colored in with one of SU's new Blendabilities pens in Pumpkin Pie. I made a mask with two sizes of punches for the big dots, the zig zag comes from the Work of Art stamp set and it's all topped off with a bit of Washi Tape!

Card number two features the cute little sea birds from the Wetlands stamp set. Nothing says "beach" quite like those little guys!

This card started with the birds and was inspired by two new rolls of ribbon that were sitting on my craft table. The seam binding ribbon is so versatile. Night of Navy and Calypso Coral are the colors. I wanted to fill things up a bit, so I experimented with the new Polymer stamp set called Dotty Angles. It is pretty nice, yes? I stamped the color off once to lighten it a bit. I sewed the ribbons across the sponge daubered (that might be a word!) doily and added bits of ribbons and strips of sequins to the back of the greeting (see the dots there too?) Our new fast fuse adhesive made that all possible! Sahara Sand is the stamping base card stock. I think this is a bit more vintage for me, it's nice to change up your style every once and a while.

Let me know what you like and if I inspired you. For further inspiration keep clicking!

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Hi everyone, I'm either stepping out of my box or stretching my toes in a new one. Sharing the things that I think make life fun and enjoyable. We'll talk yoga, books, creativity of all kinds, (cards, scrapbooks, DIY, organization) travel, kids, husbands, and home.